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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Gunaah
| name           = Gunaah
| image = Gunaah 2002 Poster.jpg
| image         = Gunaah 2002 Poster.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| writer         = [[Mahesh Bhatt]]<br>Pranay Narayan
| writer = [[Mahesh Bhatt]]<br>Pranay Narayan
| starring       = [[Bipasha Basu]]<br />[[Dino Morea]]<br />[[Irrfan Khan]]
| starring = [[Bipasha Basu]]<br />[[Dino Morea]]<br />[[Irrfan Khan]]
| based_on      = [[Out of Sight]]<ref name="auto"/>
| producer = Mukesh Bhatt
| producer       = [[Mukesh Bhatt]]
| director = [[Amol Shetge]]
| director       = Amol Shetge
| distributor = [[Vishesh Films]]
| distributor   = [[Vishesh Films]]
| cinematography = Ishwar Bidri
| narrator      =
| editing = Mohammed Rafique
| cinematography = Ishwar R. Bidri
| released = {{film date|df=y|2002|9|20}}
| editing       = Mohammed Rafique
| runtime = 135 minutes
| released       = {{Film date|df=y|2002|9|20}}
| language = Hindi
| runtime       = 135 minutes
| music = [[Sajid–Wajid (2002 film)|Sajid–Wajid]]<br>[[Anand Raj Anand]]
| country        = India
| language       = Hindi
| budget        = ₹4 crore<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=625|title=Gunaah - Movie - Box Office India|website=boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
| music         = [[Sajid–Wajid]]<br/>[[Anand Raj Anand]]
| gross          = ₹7.5 crore<ref name="auto"/>
}}
}}


'''''Gunaah''''' [English: Crime] is a 2002 [[Bollywood]] [[Thriller film|thriller]] written by [[Mahesh Bhatt]], directed by Amol Shetge and starring [[Bipasha Basu]], [[Dino Morea]] and [[Irrfan Khan]] in the lead roles. The film was released on 16 September 2002. Upon release, the film received mixed-to-positive reviews. However, it was a box office failure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/sep/20gunaah.htm|title=rediff.com: Movies: The Rediff Review: Gunaah|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-details/gunaah/movieshow/61323361.cms|title=Gunaah Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos &#124; eTimes|via=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref>
'''''Gunaah''''' ({{translation|Crime}}) is a 2002 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[crime drama film]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/films/2002/09/20/gunaah_2002_preview.shtml|title=BBC - Leicester Films - Gunaah preview|website=[[BBC]]}}</ref> directed by Amol Shetge and written by [[Mahesh Bhatt]]. The film stars [[Bipasha Basu]], [[Dino Morea]] and [[Irrfan Khan]]. The film was released on 20 September 2002.<ref name=REDIFF>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/sep/20gunaah.htm|title=Romancing the cop|last=Kulkarni|first=Ronjita|date=20 September 2002|website=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=19 April 2021|archive-date=9 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209020011/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/sep/20gunaah.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-details/gunaah/movieshow/61323361.cms|title=Gunaah Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos &#124; eTimes|via=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|access-date=19 April 2021|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419013650/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-details/gunaah/movieshow/61323361.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> It received mixed reviews from critics<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/gunaah/critic-review/gunaah-movie-review/ |title=Gunaah Movie Review |website=Bollywood Hungama |date=20 September 2002 |access-date=8 April 2025}}</ref> and performed averagely at the [[box office|box-office]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hungama |first=Bollywood |date=2002-09-20 |title=Gunaah Box Office Collection {{!}} India {{!}} Day Wise {{!}} Box Office - Bollywood Hungama |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/gunaah/box-office/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |language=en}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==


Tough cop Prabha Narayan ([[Bipasha Basu]]) is haunted by the demons of her past. Being an illegitimate daughter of a prostitute, she has had a very bad childhood and there once occurred an incident in her life when she was driven to the point of committing a murder. But today, now that she is a cop, she believes that she can clear her conscience by reforming a criminal.
Police Inspector Prabha Narayan is haunted by the demons of her past. Being the illegitimate daughter of a prostitute, she has had a very bad childhood, and there once occurred an incident in her life when she was driven to the point of committing a murder. But today, now that she is a cop, she believes that she can clear her conscience by reforming a criminal.


Prabha’s life is turned topsy-turvy with the entry of Aditya Srivastava ([[Dino Morea]]), who is a good person at heart but was forced to take the path of crime due to the wrongdoings of the police system.
Prabha's life is turned topsy-turvy with the entry of Aditya Kashyap, who is a good person at heart but was forced to take the path of crime due to the wrongdoings of the police system. Incidents, which included his father getting [[urinated]] on in the police station.


Prabha goes to Aditya’s house to nab him, but gets distracted when she sees him bathing and looks away. Aditya slips from under her vigilant eyes and a hasty chase follows. Prabha stays close on the heels of fleeing Aditya. At one point when she is about to fall off the rooftop, Aditya stops running and extends his hand to save her. This act makes a great impact on Prabha.
Prabha goes to Aditya's house to nab him but gets distracted when she sees him bathing and looks away. Aditya slips from under her vigilant eyes, and a hasty chase follows. Prabha stays close on the heels of fleeing Aditya. At one point, when she is about to fall off the rooftop, Aditya stops running and extends his hand to save her. This act makes a great impact on Prabha.


Prabha decides to know Aditya’s past and find out what prompted him to commit a crime in the first place. She decides to reform him but she gets ‘reformed’ herself and falls in love in the process. Eventually, Prabha and Aditya fall in love. This continues with them being passionate towards each other. Then, a problem arises when Aditya escapes from jail and starts killing people again with reasons. Prabha being a good officer kills him when he is about to kill Police Inspector Digvijay Pandey ([[Irrfan Khan]]). She gets gold medal for killing him, and keeps the medal in front of his old fireman helmet, saying she loved him and a part of him will always live inside her.
Prabha decides to know Aditya's past and find out what prompted him to commit a crime in the first place. She decides to reform him, but she gets reformed herself and falls in love in the process. Eventually, Prabha and Aditya fall in love. This continues with them being passionate towards each other. Then, a problem arises when Aditya escapes from jail and starts killing people again. Prabha being a good officer kills him when he is about to kill Police Inspector Digvijay Pandey. She gets a gold medal for killing him and keeps the medal in front of his old fireman helmet, saying she loved him and a part of him will always live inside her.


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Dino Morea]] - Aditya Srivastava
*[[Dino Morea]] as Aditya Kashyap 
* [[Bipasha Basu]] - Prabha Narayan
*[[Bipasha Basu]] as Inspector Prabha Narayan
* [[Irrfan Khan]] - Police Inspector Digvijay Pandey
*[[Irrfan Khan]] as ACP Digvijay Pandey
* [[Ashutosh Rana]] - Ex-Havaldar Madhusudan Gokhale "Uncle"
*[[Ashutosh Rana]] as Ex-Havaldar Madhusudan Gokhale "Uncle"
* [[Avtar Gill]]
*[[Avtar Gill]] as Dr Mahesh Mirchandani
* [[Vishwajeet Pradhan]]
*[[Vishwajeet Pradhan]] as Satyakam Kashyap, Aditya’s father .
* [[Yashpal Sharma (actor)|Yashpal Sharma]] - Parshuram
*[[Yashpal Sharma (actor)|Yashpal Sharma]] as Parshuram
* [[Jayant Wadkar]]


==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Sajid–Wajid]] & [[Anand Raj Anand]]. The soundtrack had 7 songs. The songs were very popular upon release.
{{Infobox album
| name      = Gunaah
| type      = Soundtrack album
| artist    = [[Sajid-Wajid]] and [[Anand Raaj Anand]]
| cover      =
| alt        =
| released  = 2002
| recorded  =
| venue      =
| studio    =
| genre      = [[Soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length    =
| label      = [[Sony Music India]]
| producer  =
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title =
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}}
The soundtrack was composed by [[Sajid–Wajid]] and [[Anand Raj Anand]]. The soundtrack had 6 songs. The songs were very popular upon release.
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song  
! Song  
!Lyricist!! Artist(s)
!Lyricist!! Artist(s)!! Music
|-
|-
| "Dil Ne Kaha"
| "Dil Ne Kaha"
|
|[[Faaiz Anwar]]
| [[Sonu Nigam]]
| [[Sonu Nigam]]
| [[Sajid–Wajid]]
|-
|-
| "Hamne Tumko Dil Ye De Diya"
| "Hamne Tumko Dil Ye De Diya"
|Praveen Bhardwaj
|Praveen Bhardwaj
| [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Babul Supriyo]]
| [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Babul Supriyo]]
| [[Anand Raj Anand]]
|-
|-
| "Jab Dil Churaya"
| "Jab Dil Churaya"
|
|Praveen Bhardwaj
| Alka Yagnik, Babul Supriyo
| Alka Yagnik, Babul Supriyo
| Anand Raj Anand
|-
|-
| "Mere Dil Pe Kisine"
| "Mere Dil Pe Kisine"
|
|[[Anand Bakshi]]
| Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik
| Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik
| Sajid–Wajid
|-
|-
| "Rooth Kar Hum"
| "Rooth Kar Hum"
|Anand Bakshi
|Anand Bakshi
| [[Roop Kumar Rathod]]
| [[Roop Kumar Rathod]], [[Sabri Brothers]]
| Sajid–Wajid
|-
|-
| "Sajna Saajna"
| "Sajana Saajna"
|
|Praveen Bhardwaj
| Alka Yagnik, [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya]]
| Alka Yagnik, [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya]]
| Anand Raj Anand
|-
|-
| "Humne Tumko Dil" (Film Version)
|-
|
| "Theme of Gunaah"
| Alka Yagnik, [[Kumar Sanu]]
|  
| [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| Anand Raj Anand
|-
|-
|}
|}
==Reception==
Ronjita Kulkarni from ''[[Rediff.com]]'' praised Irrfan Khan's performance, felt the film lost steam in the second half, criticized the dialogues, and found the music to be intrusive and at times silly.<ref name=REDIFF/>


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 09:29, 3 March 2026

Gunaah
Directed byAmol Shetge
Produced byMukesh Bhatt
Written byMahesh Bhatt
Pranay Narayan
Based onOut of Sight[1]
StarringBipasha Basu
Dino Morea
Irrfan Khan
Music bySajid–Wajid
Anand Raj Anand
CinematographyIshwar R. Bidri
Edited byMohammed Rafique
Distributed byVishesh Films
Release date
  • 20 September 2002 (2002-09-20)
Running time
135 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹4 crore[1]
Box office₹7.5 crore[1]

Gunaah (transl. Crime) is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film[2] directed by Amol Shetge and written by Mahesh Bhatt. The film stars Bipasha Basu, Dino Morea and Irrfan Khan. The film was released on 20 September 2002.[3][4] It received mixed reviews from critics[5] and performed averagely at the box-office.[6]

Plot

Police Inspector Prabha Narayan is haunted by the demons of her past. Being the illegitimate daughter of a prostitute, she has had a very bad childhood, and there once occurred an incident in her life when she was driven to the point of committing a murder. But today, now that she is a cop, she believes that she can clear her conscience by reforming a criminal.

Prabha's life is turned topsy-turvy with the entry of Aditya Kashyap, who is a good person at heart but was forced to take the path of crime due to the wrongdoings of the police system. Incidents, which included his father getting urinated on in the police station.

Prabha goes to Aditya's house to nab him but gets distracted when she sees him bathing and looks away. Aditya slips from under her vigilant eyes, and a hasty chase follows. Prabha stays close on the heels of fleeing Aditya. At one point, when she is about to fall off the rooftop, Aditya stops running and extends his hand to save her. This act makes a great impact on Prabha.

Prabha decides to know Aditya's past and find out what prompted him to commit a crime in the first place. She decides to reform him, but she gets reformed herself and falls in love in the process. Eventually, Prabha and Aditya fall in love. This continues with them being passionate towards each other. Then, a problem arises when Aditya escapes from jail and starts killing people again. Prabha being a good officer kills him when he is about to kill Police Inspector Digvijay Pandey. She gets a gold medal for killing him and keeps the medal in front of his old fireman helmet, saying she loved him and a part of him will always live inside her.

Cast

Soundtrack

Gunaah
Soundtrack album by
Released2002
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelSony Music India

The soundtrack was composed by Sajid–Wajid and Anand Raj Anand. The soundtrack had 6 songs. The songs were very popular upon release.

Song Lyricist Artist(s) Music
"Dil Ne Kaha" Faaiz Anwar Sonu Nigam Sajid–Wajid
"Hamne Tumko Dil Ye De Diya" Praveen Bhardwaj Alka Yagnik, Babul Supriyo Anand Raj Anand
"Jab Dil Churaya" Praveen Bhardwaj Alka Yagnik, Babul Supriyo Anand Raj Anand
"Mere Dil Pe Kisine" Anand Bakshi Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik Sajid–Wajid
"Rooth Kar Hum" Anand Bakshi Roop Kumar Rathod, Sabri Brothers Sajid–Wajid
"Sajana Saajna" Praveen Bhardwaj Alka Yagnik, Abhijeet Bhattacharya Anand Raj Anand
"Theme of Gunaah" Sunidhi Chauhan Anand Raj Anand

Reception

Ronjita Kulkarni from Rediff.com praised Irrfan Khan's performance, felt the film lost steam in the second half, criticized the dialogues, and found the music to be intrusive and at times silly.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gunaah - Movie - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com.
  2. "BBC - Leicester Films - Gunaah preview". BBC.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kulkarni, Ronjita (20 September 2002). "Romancing the cop". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  4. "Gunaah Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes". Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021 – via timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  5. "Gunaah Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama. 20 September 2002. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  6. Hungama, Bollywood (20 September 2002). "Gunaah Box Office Collection | India | Day Wise | Box Office - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 5 May 2025.

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